Executives moved to deflect any concerns that EMC's decision to absorb VCE would impact the long-standing partnership between the storage giant and Cisco, and said that VCE will become a more agile organization.

Microsoft, in a move to better integrate the Microsoft Cloud to public, private and hybrid clouds for mobile-first users, introduced several new Azure capabilities as well as partnerships with Dell and Cloudera.

Dell, which is also OEMing technology from Nutanix, plans to add an option to its Dell Engineered Solutions for VMware EVO: RAIL hyper-converged appliance that adds software-defined storage capabilities from Nexenta.

Speaking to several hundred elite solution providers at the 2014 BoB Conference, HP CEO Meg Whitman said partners will be able to make more money with HP as a result of the split of the company into two separate publicly traded Fortune 50 companies.(via ITbestofbreed.com)

Speaking to several hundred elite solution providers at the 2014 BoB Conference, HP CEO Meg Whitman said partners will be able to make more money with HP as a result of the split of the company into two separate publicly traded Fortune 50 companies.

In a live on-stage interview at the Best of Breed Conference, HP CEO Meg Whitman fields questions on HP's future as two entities, how the two companies will play together in the market and her strategy for keeping HP innovation alive and kicking.

XChange Solution Provider 2015 is finally upon us and the timing couldn't be better. The premier channel event is happening March 1-3 in Dallas, bringing together 225 solution provider decision makers from across North America. CRN is at the event to provide news, analysis and a firsthand take from partners.